Dr Babasaheb R. Sankapal of VNIT

Energy materials are essential for harvesting, storing, and converting energy efficiently. They include materials used in solar cells, batteries, fuel cells, and thermoelectric devices.

Some key categories of energy materials:

• Photovoltaic materials (e.g., perovskites, silicon) for solar energy conversion.

• Battery materials (e.g., lithium-ion, solid-state electrolytes) for energy storage.

• Thermoelectric materials (e.g., Half-Heusler alloys, MXenes) for waste heat recovery.

• Piezoelectric materials for mechanical energy harvesting.

Biography:

Prof. B. R. Sankapal is currently a Professor in the Department of Physics, VNIT Nagpur. His research expertise includes Device grade Supercapacitor, Solar Cells, Gas Sensors based on Nanomaterials-Thin films. He has been listed in World’s Top 2% Scientist since the year 2020 as per Stanford’s University Data. He obtained his Ph.D. from Shivaji University and worked abroad for more than five years as a Scientist at Helmholtz Centre (Hahn-Meitner-Institute, Berlin, Germany), JSPS-Postdoctoral Fellow (Gifu University, Japan) and Research Associate (University of Wisconsin, USA).

Prof. Sankapal is recipient of the Young Scientist-Outstanding work presentation award by Material Research Society, Japan (MRS-J), DST to participate in the meeting of "Nobel Laureates" in Lindau, Germany.

Prof. Sankapal guided 17 Ph.D. students amongst six who got the opportunity to work abroad in Germany, Spain, Israel, Denmark, Japan and South Korea.

He has more than 200 research papers and two Indian patents.

He has 10 major research projects on his credit worth Rs 2.82 Crore from DST, SERB, DAE-BRNS UGC, and UGC-DAE funding agencies.

He is Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (FMASc) and Member of Institute of Physics (IOP), UK, Indian Science Congress Association, Indian Association of Physics Teachers, Material Research Society of India.

In 2018, he was Nominated for Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award by Director, VNIT.

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